We've all done it; the rolled eyes, the exasperated sigh, the face palm. No-one likes teaching their parents how to use the new TV, or the mobile phone, or the computer, or anything remotely related to technology..
But, as New Zealand-based author Sue Fitzmaurice pointed out, you owe them. Big time.
Mean Things Our Parents Did When We Were Little (Gallery)
Despite not living on the breadline as far as I recall, if I wanted a biscuit I was 'rewarded' with a buttered Weetabix(01 of19)
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To this day, I still view having plentiful supplies of ice in the freezer as a real treat, as I was limited to one cube per drink as a child.(02 of19)
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If we ever ran out of toothpaste my Mum made me brush my teeth with salt.(03 of19)
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Gave me a bowl cut actually using a bowl on my first day of school(04 of19)
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My mum used to make the dinner ladies sit with me at lunchtime in primary school as I was always hiding the food I didn't like in my pockets.(05 of19)
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I was made to sit at the table until I'd finished the dinner you hate *casserole* and make your older brother's friend *who you fancied* watch me 'til I ate it.(06 of19)
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I was never allowed to have ketchup with any meal which contained baked beans/ spaghetti hoops...(07 of19)
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..I was also never allowed pop tarts or flavoured cereals(08 of19)
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No chocolate snacks. I grew up in the house of apples and muesli bars(09 of19)
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They made me and my bro wear the same clothes.(10 of19)
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Made me go and put back a flashing roadworks light I'd stolen (whilst drunk) in broad daylight in the main street in our village.(11 of19)
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We had one of those victorian photoshoots and the picture is on the mantlepiece - AH(12 of19)
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When I ring home they make me talk to our dog down the phone..(13 of19)
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My parents decided I needed to learn the meaning of a wage, and sent me to run the ice-cream van on Saturday at a motor auction.(14 of19)
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My dad used to put vinegar in ketchup when it had nearly run out. He said it made it last longer. It tasted gross(15 of19)
When I was little I had to eat a whole bowl of apple crumble with cheese sauce... because my mum thought she had given me custard.(16 of19)
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When I was a baby my mum forced me to eat mashed banana, even though I cried the whole time.(17 of19)
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My mum used to make the dinner ladies sit with me at lunchtime in primary school as I was always hiding the food I didn't like in my pockets.(18 of19)
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When I was little my mum tried to teach me that red was blue and blue was red, as an experiment. (19 of19)
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